to regain the power to vote . whites in the area resented the activism , and racial tension often resulted in violence . in june 1964 , chan ##ey , sc ##h ##wer ##ner , and goodman went to nes ##ho ##ba county , mississippi , to meet with members of a black church that had been bombed and burned . the three disappeared that night on their way back to meridian . following a massive fbi investigation , their murdered bodies were found two months later , buried in an earth ##en dam . seven klan ##sm ##en , including a deputy sheriff , were convicted in the federal courthouse in meridian of " de ##pr ##iving the victims of their civil rights " and three were
to regain the power to vote. whites in the area resented the activism, and racial tension often resulted in violence. in june 1964, chaney, schwerner, and goodman went to neshoba county, mississippi, to meet with members of a black church that had been bombed and burned. the three disappeared that night on their way back to meridian. following a massive fbi investigation, their murdered bodies were found two months later, buried in an earthen dam. seven klansmen, including a deputy sheriff, were convicted in the federal courthouse in meridian of " depriving the victims of their civil rights " and three were